How to Use intersex in a Sentence

intersex

noun

• About 85 percent of the males collected in the refuges were intersex.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• The blue-eyed baby was intersex, with both male and female traits.
  — Washington Post, 10 June 2019
• In recent years, many have added I and A — intersex and asexual — to the lineup.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• In recent years, many have added I and A — intersex and asexual — to the acronym.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
• As many as 1 or 2% of people born in the U.S. are intersex, which can mean several things.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2021
• The state has a process to note intersex newborns on birth certificates, Spice said.
  — Craig Sailor, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2017
• There's a wide range of opinions on what exactly should count as intersex.
  — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2018
• But an intersex person is born in full health and can live happily!
  — Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
• Between 1% and 2% of the population are born with intersex traits, Wiener said.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
• South Africa has enacted laws to protect the rights of intersex persons.
  — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, 21 Sep. 2019
• There are a whole bunch of intersex conditions that don’t even go under the transbrella right now.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2017
• Sami, an intersex asylum seeker in Britain, used to be gripped with fear at bedtime.
  — NBC News, 16 Jan. 2018
• Still, for some people, being intersex might be a part of their identity.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Women's Health, 21 July 2023
• Transgender, intersex and nonbinary inmates now have the right to choose whether to be housed in a male or female prison.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
• In ancient Greece, the intersex goddess Cybele was worshipped by trans priests.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2018
• Hida Viloria was born intersex, and grew up in a turbulent household as a girl.
  — Paradise Afshar, ajc, 10 Oct. 2021
• Such a concept struck a chord with Kaminski, who discovered just last year that she was born intersex.
  — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2021
• So, intersex for instance, is very much a hardware issue.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 14 Oct. 2019
• Semenya, who has been at the center of a yearslong debate over the treatment of intersex athletes, is on the preliminary entry list for the 5,000.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
• According to experts, up to 1.7% of people are born with intersex traits, which can mean several things.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2021
• Sporting Gender,' which tackles the thorny top of intersex athletes.
  — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2020
• Being intersex is much more common than most people think.
  — Kitty Stryker, Teen Vogue, 29 Aug. 2018
• Being trans—or non-binary, or intersex—is neither a costume nor a joke.
  — Hannah Elyse Simpson, Marie Claire, 26 Aug. 2015
• One wonders what Walker would think of intersex people.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Aug. 2017
• The profile said Schultz identified as nonbinary and intersex and preferred the pronouns they and them.
  — Emanuella Grinberg, CNN, 18 Sep. 2017
• Those who choose not to reduce their testosterone will be allowed to run either against men or in intersex competitions.
  — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2018
• Researchers are also probing the consequences of intersex for fish health.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• The first was born a hermaphrodite and left her family – who wanted her to live as a boy – for life as a Hijra in an intersex community.
  — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2017
• Zzyym served in the Navy as a male but later came to identify as intersex while working and studying at Colorado State University.
  — Colleen Slevin, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2021
• This decision pushes Hungary back towards the dark ages and tramples the rights of transgender and intersex people.
  — refinery29.com, 20 May 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024